"When you’re face-to-face with a patient, you can’t worry about the fact that they can’t pay."
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Regina Benjamin
Regina Marcia Benjamin (born October 26, 1956) is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States.[1] Benjamin previously directed a nonprofit primary care medical clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and served on the board of trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine. In 1995, she was elected to the board of trustees of the American Medical Association, making her both the first p
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